AN: Had my first maths exam today, didn't want to cram for the next afterwards. So I wrote this chapter instead. FYI, exam went ok - rushed for time, but hey, ain't it always like that? I'll keep you posted around results time :). Reviews ALWAYS appreciated...you know I love you. By the way, it's only a couple of chapters away before I need the final word on whether you want to be in the story or keep watching from the beanbag!
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Story so far: Your brother and Jack have bonded over alcohol. Elizabeth is gone, kidnapped. You've watched your brother get confused over the immense plot/logic holes he's in the act of creating, and try to patch things up. Oh, and most of Port Royal thinks that either he or Elizabeth is lying/crazy about her being pushed off the fort wall.
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Do you know what? You're getting quite jealous, really, of your brother. He's getting to prance around in a movie that YOU love, making friends with the characters that YOU want to make friends with...you roll your eyes and eat some more popcorn. Yuck. Even the buttery popcorn isn't that nice any more. You hiccup a little and push the bowl away, out of reach of the beanbag. You've had quite enough of that, thankyou. You turn back to the TV. Your brother is unfurling his maps at a table, and you note to your surprise that the scene featuring Elizabeth and the pirates who kidnap her hasn't been shown. You suppose it was because your brother's presence has changed the movie in some way. Come to think of it, it might have been there, but a lot shorter. You got a bit abstracted in your envy, so it's entirely possible that the scene could have been there.
"They've taken her," Will shouts at your brother. "They've taken Elizabeth, and you knew about it!"
"Come now, Mr Turner, that is patently untrue," the Governor says firmly. "How on earth could Commodore Norrington have known that pirates were going to attack the town last night?"
Your brother straightens up, and you see that all he's been doing is drawing spirals on the map in front of him. Typical.
"Do you know who might know something about this?" your brother says, looking straight at Will. "If only we could talk to...a pirate," he winks, "...who knows all about the Black Pearl and where it makes berth."
Will's mouth falls open in recognition. "You told me this last night! Then I went down, as if someone had hit me on the back of the head."
Your brother breathes a long sigh of frustration. "That's because you DID get hit on the back of the head, you dipshit."
On the shocked looks of the people around him - who knew that a commander of the army could swear? - your brother quickly amends this last word to 'galah'. Yeah, well done, you think. Now everyone's going to be confused as to why you're calling Will Turner an Australian bird's name. Has Australia even been discovered by the British yet, brother? No. Dipshit. Stay away from the Aussie slang. Your grandma calls people galahs anyway - it's not exactly a quality insult.
Your (wandering) attention returns to the screen, as Will picks up the conversation from whence it stalled after 'galah'.
"I'm going to the gaol, Norrington, to speak with Sparrow."
You next see your brother accompanying Will down the steps into the cells of the Port Royal gaol. Jack raises his (empty) rum bottle in salute and says with a slur, "It's the famous Commodore and the equally famous William Turner come to pay the astronomically famous Captain Jack Sparrow a visit!"
Wow. Who knew that after consuming an entire bottle of rum, he would get through that sentence without pause for breath. Tolerates alcohol quite well, Jack does. Your brother opens his mouth to speak but before he does, Will gets there first.
"How do you know my name?" he says with his most menacing voice (hardly scary).
Your brother steps in, matter-of-factly. "That was me, sorry. I told him about you yesterday."
There's silence in the gaol. The three people on screen look at each other, the ceiling...the floor...their fingernails (Jack and your brother)... but don't talk, until finally even you are ready to scream in frustration. Luckily, your brother has an attention span quite as short as yours. He digs Will in the ribs, and hisses, "Ask him about the Black Pearl."
"Oh! Yes," Will replies then turns to Jack. "Are you familiar with that ship, the Black Pearl?"
"I've heard of it."
"Where does it make berth?"
"Where does it make berth? Have you not heard the stories? Captain Barbossa and his crew of miscreants sailed from the dreaded Isla de Muerta. It's an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is."
Watching your brother's face, you can see that he's clearly bored. Like you, he's already heard the spiel. He claps his hands together in a Jackesque gesture.
"Okay..." he begins with a grin. "Now we're all introduced, let's cut to the chase. Jack, Will's going to break you out so that you can lead us to the Black Pearl. Incidentally, you'll have the chance to kill Barbossa and get your ship back as well as a night's stay on a secluded desert island with plenty of rum. Whaddaya say?"
Jack doesn't reply immediately, while Will is incapable of speech. Your brother adds, looking at each of them in turn: "Yes, in case you were wondering, Will Turner IS named for his father, and Jack WILL help you get Elizabeth back."
"Don't you like Miss Swann too?" Jack offers helpfully. Your brother makes a throat cutting gesture behind Will's back and Jack gets the hint. As Will turns suspiciously, your brother smiles weakly and waves hello.
Suddenly it appears as though Will has made up his mind (about bloody time!) and he wrenches the doors off with the help of 'leverage'. Jack picks up his things and the three unlikely companions leave the cells.
"We're going to steal a ship," Will says unbelievingly. "That ship?"
Your brother jumps in before Jack can. "Commandeer. Nautical term."
For this he gets a strange look from Jack, but he's fed up with the passive role he's been playing for the last couple of scenes. He jerks his thumb at one of the dinghies lying on the beach. "We could use that to get out to one of the ships."
"Remind me again why we're not just using your power as Commander of the forces here in Port Royal to sail after Barbossa in one of the Navy's ships."
My, Jack is astute. Your brother had been blindly following the plot, not realising that he had some power due to his character. You betcha he hadn't thought of that.
"Jack, mate...what would we look like sailing into Tortuga in a Navy boat with half the Royal Army on board? Your pirate mates would shoot us to the bottom as soon as they saw us!"
Okay, so maybe he'd thought about it a little. But not too much - "Why do we have to go to Tortuga?" Will asks.
"Rum! Women! A crew!"
"But if we had the army to sail the boat..." Will trails off. Looking at the faces of Jack and your brother, you have to agree with him. He's on the losing end of the argument.
"I can't just rock up with Jack Sparrow in tow and request a boat," your brother says. "But I have got an idea as to how we get that boat sailing."
The next scene, you see Jack and Will under the boat paddling out to the Dauntless. Where's your brother? What nefarious scheme has he thought up to explain away his absence?
AN: You'll have to find out a little later, as you press pause on the remote...
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Story so far: Your brother and Jack have bonded over alcohol. Elizabeth is gone, kidnapped. You've watched your brother get confused over the immense plot/logic holes he's in the act of creating, and try to patch things up. Oh, and most of Port Royal thinks that either he or Elizabeth is lying/crazy about her being pushed off the fort wall.
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Do you know what? You're getting quite jealous, really, of your brother. He's getting to prance around in a movie that YOU love, making friends with the characters that YOU want to make friends with...you roll your eyes and eat some more popcorn. Yuck. Even the buttery popcorn isn't that nice any more. You hiccup a little and push the bowl away, out of reach of the beanbag. You've had quite enough of that, thankyou. You turn back to the TV. Your brother is unfurling his maps at a table, and you note to your surprise that the scene featuring Elizabeth and the pirates who kidnap her hasn't been shown. You suppose it was because your brother's presence has changed the movie in some way. Come to think of it, it might have been there, but a lot shorter. You got a bit abstracted in your envy, so it's entirely possible that the scene could have been there.
"They've taken her," Will shouts at your brother. "They've taken Elizabeth, and you knew about it!"
"Come now, Mr Turner, that is patently untrue," the Governor says firmly. "How on earth could Commodore Norrington have known that pirates were going to attack the town last night?"
Your brother straightens up, and you see that all he's been doing is drawing spirals on the map in front of him. Typical.
"Do you know who might know something about this?" your brother says, looking straight at Will. "If only we could talk to...a pirate," he winks, "...who knows all about the Black Pearl and where it makes berth."
Will's mouth falls open in recognition. "You told me this last night! Then I went down, as if someone had hit me on the back of the head."
Your brother breathes a long sigh of frustration. "That's because you DID get hit on the back of the head, you dipshit."
On the shocked looks of the people around him - who knew that a commander of the army could swear? - your brother quickly amends this last word to 'galah'. Yeah, well done, you think. Now everyone's going to be confused as to why you're calling Will Turner an Australian bird's name. Has Australia even been discovered by the British yet, brother? No. Dipshit. Stay away from the Aussie slang. Your grandma calls people galahs anyway - it's not exactly a quality insult.
Your (wandering) attention returns to the screen, as Will picks up the conversation from whence it stalled after 'galah'.
"I'm going to the gaol, Norrington, to speak with Sparrow."
You next see your brother accompanying Will down the steps into the cells of the Port Royal gaol. Jack raises his (empty) rum bottle in salute and says with a slur, "It's the famous Commodore and the equally famous William Turner come to pay the astronomically famous Captain Jack Sparrow a visit!"
Wow. Who knew that after consuming an entire bottle of rum, he would get through that sentence without pause for breath. Tolerates alcohol quite well, Jack does. Your brother opens his mouth to speak but before he does, Will gets there first.
"How do you know my name?" he says with his most menacing voice (hardly scary).
Your brother steps in, matter-of-factly. "That was me, sorry. I told him about you yesterday."
There's silence in the gaol. The three people on screen look at each other, the ceiling...the floor...their fingernails (Jack and your brother)... but don't talk, until finally even you are ready to scream in frustration. Luckily, your brother has an attention span quite as short as yours. He digs Will in the ribs, and hisses, "Ask him about the Black Pearl."
"Oh! Yes," Will replies then turns to Jack. "Are you familiar with that ship, the Black Pearl?"
"I've heard of it."
"Where does it make berth?"
"Where does it make berth? Have you not heard the stories? Captain Barbossa and his crew of miscreants sailed from the dreaded Isla de Muerta. It's an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is."
Watching your brother's face, you can see that he's clearly bored. Like you, he's already heard the spiel. He claps his hands together in a Jackesque gesture.
"Okay..." he begins with a grin. "Now we're all introduced, let's cut to the chase. Jack, Will's going to break you out so that you can lead us to the Black Pearl. Incidentally, you'll have the chance to kill Barbossa and get your ship back as well as a night's stay on a secluded desert island with plenty of rum. Whaddaya say?"
Jack doesn't reply immediately, while Will is incapable of speech. Your brother adds, looking at each of them in turn: "Yes, in case you were wondering, Will Turner IS named for his father, and Jack WILL help you get Elizabeth back."
"Don't you like Miss Swann too?" Jack offers helpfully. Your brother makes a throat cutting gesture behind Will's back and Jack gets the hint. As Will turns suspiciously, your brother smiles weakly and waves hello.
Suddenly it appears as though Will has made up his mind (about bloody time!) and he wrenches the doors off with the help of 'leverage'. Jack picks up his things and the three unlikely companions leave the cells.
"We're going to steal a ship," Will says unbelievingly. "That ship?"
Your brother jumps in before Jack can. "Commandeer. Nautical term."
For this he gets a strange look from Jack, but he's fed up with the passive role he's been playing for the last couple of scenes. He jerks his thumb at one of the dinghies lying on the beach. "We could use that to get out to one of the ships."
"Remind me again why we're not just using your power as Commander of the forces here in Port Royal to sail after Barbossa in one of the Navy's ships."
My, Jack is astute. Your brother had been blindly following the plot, not realising that he had some power due to his character. You betcha he hadn't thought of that.
"Jack, mate...what would we look like sailing into Tortuga in a Navy boat with half the Royal Army on board? Your pirate mates would shoot us to the bottom as soon as they saw us!"
Okay, so maybe he'd thought about it a little. But not too much - "Why do we have to go to Tortuga?" Will asks.
"Rum! Women! A crew!"
"But if we had the army to sail the boat..." Will trails off. Looking at the faces of Jack and your brother, you have to agree with him. He's on the losing end of the argument.
"I can't just rock up with Jack Sparrow in tow and request a boat," your brother says. "But I have got an idea as to how we get that boat sailing."
The next scene, you see Jack and Will under the boat paddling out to the Dauntless. Where's your brother? What nefarious scheme has he thought up to explain away his absence?
AN: You'll have to find out a little later, as you press pause on the remote...